Gluten Free Oatmeal Cookies
I almost passed up this recipe because it did not include chocolate chips!! But I figured I needed to grow up and realize that not EVERY cookie needed chocolate chips — raisins and nuts are good! All kidding aside, having healthy ingredients is far more important than chocolate (oh, no, I can’t believe I said that!) and this recipe has lots of good nutritious stuff in it!!
Julie Ann Schwarz posted this recipe on The Conscious Kitchen blog. Make sure to read her bio as it is very interesting and enlightening!
Photo courtesy of The Conscious Kitchen
- 1/3 cup almond, soy, or rice milk
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- 4 teaspoons cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup gluten-free rolled oats
- 1 cup gluten-free oat flour (original recipe calls for barley flour)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup raisins, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
- 2 teaspoons coconut oil or vegetable oil spray to grease the pan
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- In a small bowl or measuring cup, mix the plant-based milk of your choice, syrup, vinegar, and vanilla.
- In a large bowl, mix the oats, oat flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the chopped raisins and walnuts and stir to combine.
- Add the liquid ingredients to the dry and mix completely.
- Use a pastry brush to lightly coat a baking sheet with the coconut oil or use vegetable spray.
- Use a 1 1/4 inch ice cream scoop with a spring release to scoop the batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Use the back of a spoon to gently press the cookies down into rounds. They will not spread at all during baking.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes until the bottoms of the cookies are beginning to brown. Remove from the oven and cool.
- The cookies are best within the first couple of days while they are crispy, but will keep for about a week at room temperature.
Oatmeal based cookies are one of my favorites. Not just because gluten free oats are so good for you, but because you can add some many extras in oatmeal cookies, such as:
- Raisins & nuts (like this recipe)
- Chocolate chips, chunks or M & Ms (well, at least I added this second rather than first!)
- Dried cranberries, apricots or other dried fruits
- Pumpkin, sesame, chia, or other seeds
- Apple or fruit sauces
What do you add to your oatmeal cookies?
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